Hansell — #9972 US boys' name
59 babies named Hansell in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Hansell was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Hansell in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hansell
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Hansell between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hansell currently holds the #9972 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hansell performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hansell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hansell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hansell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 59 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Hansell at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hansell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1918
- Peak year (1925)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
Currently ranks #9972 among boys.
59 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 10 births in a single year.
Hansell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 19 births that decade — 32% of Hansell's all-time total
Hansell decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Hansell's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Hansell by state
Where Hansell concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 6 | 10.2% |
6 of 59 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 10.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 10.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.